↪ 2014-07-04 Fri 15:53, Daniel Pocock <[email protected]>: > On 04/07/14 15:42, Hugo Roy wrote: > > ↪ 2014-07-04 Fri 14:40, Daniel Pocock <[email protected]>: > >>> I don’t know how you feel about the term, but we can agree that > >>> it’s just a marketing invention. What’s wrong with you if you > >> Not quite - I think it serves to differentiate phones that can run apps > >> from those that only act as firmware > >> > >> In other words, a smartphone is a basic phone + a PDA/pocket computer > > I think you’re missing the point of the discussion. I know what a > > smartphone refers to the object you describes, but that’s not what > > the term smartphone means in itself. Smartphone is a combination > > of “smart” and “phone” and there’s no denying that this > > combination is pure marketing. Another illustration of this is how > > new objects are being sold with “smart” in front of it: Smart Tv, > > Smar fridge, smart fork and whatnot. > > Ok, so "smart" is convenient marketing but if we want to refer to such a > phone, as distinct from a legacy mobile, just using the word "mobile" > may not be sufficient > > Is there any other terms that could be used?
Depending on the context, you might not need to differentiate 2010s phones from 2000s phones (that’s true most of the time). I don’t use a special word to make a distinction between a laptop from 2014 and a laptop from 1992. However, in the past we would talk about “mobile phones” or “phones” -- which does not make much sense any more because these objects have improved to a point that their primary use might not be to make phone calls any more. Which is why sticking to “*phones” is not accurate. Mobile devices is, I think, clear enough. Or mobile computing devices. If however you need to specifically make a differentiation between phones from 2000s and phones from 2010s, well, let’s get creative -- but I don’t think we need to call them “smartphones.” -- Hugo Roy, Free Software Foundation Europe, <www.fsfe.org> Deputy Coordinator, FSFE Legal Team, <www.fsfe.org/legal> Coordinator, FSFE French Team, <www.fsfe.org/fr> Get our monthly newsletter, sign up! <https://l.fsfe.org/nl>
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